The minutes of the last meeting were agreed by the members
present and then signed by the Chairman.

42.

Apologies for absence

To receive any apologies for absence

Minutes:

Councillor Mills sent apologies.

43.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a personal
interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at
which the matter is considered -

(i)
must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the
interest becomes apparent

and, if the
interest is a disclosable pecuniary
interest, or a personal interest which is also prejudicial

(ii)may not participate in any discussion or
vote on the matter (and must withdraw to the public seating area)
unless they have been granted a dispensation.

A member who discloses at a meeting a
disclosable pecuniary interest which is
not registered in the Members’ Register of Interests, or is
not the subject of a pending notification, must notify the
Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the
disclosure.

Disclosable
pecuniary interests, personal and prejudicial interests are defined
in Part 2 of the Code of Conduct For
Members

[If a member is in any doubt as to whether
they have an interest which should be declared they should seek the
advice of the Monitoring Officer before the start of the
meeting]

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

44.

Public Participation

An opportunity for members of
the public to make statements or ask questions in accordance with
the rules as to public participation

Minutes:

There was no public participation.

45.

Exclusion of the public

To
consider passing a resolution in the following terms:

That, under s.100A (4) of the Local Government
Act 1972 Schedule 12A Part 1 as amended by the Local Government
(Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 the public be
excluded during the items in Part 2 of the Agenda for this meeting,
because it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be
transacted, that, if members of the public were present during
those items, there would be disclosure tothem of exempt information relating to the
financial and business affairs of the Council and third party
companies/organisations.

Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, Part 1,
paragraph 2.

Minutes:

It was proposed by Councillor
Bassadone and seconded by Councillor
Link to move to Part II of the meeting and exclude the
public

Resolved:

That,underS.100A (4) of
the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded during the
items in Part II of the Agenda for this meeting, because it was
likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted,
that if members of the public were present during those items there
would be disclosure to them of exempt information relatingto an individual
which is likely to reveal their identity (Minute 6).